The Wine Show is back but has moved from the murky depths of ITV4 to Channel 5, 7pm FridaysIn Provence this year.Annoyingly because of the channel switch my series link missed last Friday's episode so I'll watch it on catch up.

Those who posted on the old BBC board may remember Melanie (Jappy) who used to post, she's the producer

He's fine but the editing and diection is terrible, jumping around for no reason, there we were in Granada then - bouf - we were in Seville without any obvioys link. Poor IMO, we never get a decent look at each garden

He's fine but the editing and diection is terrible, jumping around for no reason, there we were in Granada then - bouf - we were in Seville without any obvioys link. Poor IMO, we never get a decent look at each garden

Very helpful! Will bear that in mind, Sue, as we haven't caught up yet ...

It will not be watched "live" though.J goes for a pint with a couple of pals most Tuesdays and this week I am also out - off to the cinema with a friend.Might even be the weekend before we get round to it.

Zosherooney wrote:I struggle with Shetland, I can't seem to tune my ears in to his accent

I can't reconcile a stereotypical Scottish person - large, almost ginger-y in hair colour - playing someone described in the books as dark and having Mediterranean ancestry. Almost as bad as Tom Cruise playing Reacher!

Perhaps fortunately I never read the books and I really like Douglas Henshall so for me it's a slightly grittier alternative to Death in Paradise or Marplec

Talking of grittier I stopped writing this because they were discussing Collateral, the new David Hare series on Breakfast. Worth a try I think, though they did confuse me by consistently pronouncing Carey Mulligan's name as Kerry

Glad I read this thread, I'd missed that Shetland was back. Love it, as described above, grittier than Death in Paradise, and I'd say a bit less gritty than Vera, about as gritty as Inspector George Gently! Together with it being Pancake day that makes tomorrow look like a good day.

I didn't fancy Collateral and as I have no record facilities at the moment decided on Trauma, mainly because the subject matter appealed to me more, but also I do like a back-to-back series. I really enjoyed it. As usual Simm was outstanding as were the other main characters. Looking forward to tonight!

Zosherooney wrote:I struggle with Shetland, I can't seem to tune my ears in to his accent

There is a new series starting soon, a J K Rowling book with one of the chaps from Musketeers, looks like it might be worth a watch. I have given up with Requeim...

You can always turn the sub titles on for Shetland Zosh ..

The JK Rowling is called Strike (the lead's name ... who is an ex soldier who lost a leg, so interesting to see how that is dealt with) ... I have seen an earlier series, not sure if it was on another channel (Sky 1 ?) and I will find I have seen it .. good though.

I just checked onlineThe first two stories (The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm) were shown on BBC 1 at the end of last summer, five episodes in all. These are currently being repeated on BBC 4 at odd times, so becoming available on iPlayer againThere are trailers out for the third story, Career of Evil but no release date has been announced.So annoying they don't just tell you when, they seem to set out to confuse, I nearly missed Collateral as I didn't notice they'd added release date to the trailers.

cyprusmoira wrote:There are a lot of good series on at present, we have to watch most of them on playback because of the time difference

Or they are showing at the same time on different channels I seem to spend so much time catching up these days - however the +1 function (on most commercial channels) is very useful... tonight I will be watching Shetland on BBC1 at 9pm, then part 2 of Trauma on ITV +1. That's my evening's viewing sorted (in bed where I am warm and comfortable )

TeresaFoodie wrote:A new Jo Brand and Alan Davies series on Channel 4 afterwards tonight. Damned. It didn't really need a trailer to tell me this is going to be good. Better get my belly laughing muscles ready!

I watched this not really knowing what it was about ... didn't much like so much swearing, but I suppose that's true in this day and age. However, found it very tragic (and also very true to life ) ... nothing at all to laugh about even though both leads are comedians in another life !

I caught up with Trauma yesterday .. a good, but sad. How else could it have ended ? Meant to add that I had read a review and knew that viewers opinion of the surgeon would change (he did get my sympathy in the end) .. The guy playing the surgeon shadowed a surgeon from St Mary's Hospital Paddington for a while to learn how to look familiar in the operating theatre and also to learn a bedside manner.

I also caught up with Collateral and enjoyed that too, but lots of twists and turns that are very far from anything realistic !

Collateral seems to be shaping up well! Two episodes in, and although it's clear what is happening, as yet we have no idea why. Better than the less well written series where you can guess how it's going to end before the first episode is over.

Next question - is the second series of Marcella as daft as the first, or is it worth watching on catch-up?

I didn't watch the first series of Marcella, but there was nothing else on tonight at that time that tickled my fancy, so I did watch it. I think I mentioned on CB. A very confusing first episode. Far too many interwoven characters, difficult to keep up with who knew who and why, I found myself happy when an advert break came on. I also find Anna Freil's acting style too harsh for my liking and same old same old, probably why she was cast in this role. Too much rushing around aggressively. Nothing stand out really making me look forward to the next one. If there's something better on instead I think I will skip it.

Suelle wrote:Collateral seems to be shaping up well! Two episodes in, and although it's clear what is happening, as yet we have no idea why. Better than the less well written series where you can guess how it's going to end before the first episode is over.

Next question - is the second series of Marcella as daft as the first, or is it worth watching on catch-up?

I agree - both with your thoughts on Collateral and if it's worth catching up on Marcella!

I am enjoying Collateral, but didn't enjoy the first series of Marcella, so didn't bother with last night's episode .. I find I am becoming a bit of a slave to my tv lately... I go to bed at 9 pm most nights, only because I am more comfortable there than on my settee/chair downstairs .. so tend to watch something at 9, then something on +1 at 10 if that programme clashes with start times .. I still have a bit of a back log of stuff I have recorded ... Just caught up with the last series of Stella and Delicious -

There was an episode of Gogglebox recently, where they were literally ripping the episode apart where Marcella cuts off her own hair into a sink. I didn't see that particular Marcella episode, didn't intend to, but it did look a bit dodgy from the bit I saw! I am not too keen on Anna Freil if honest.

I made a point of sticking it out until the end, just to find out who the murderer was ! but I too had a job following the flashbacks and I don't have any sight problems Also thought the ending was unnecessary and totally unbelievable. Altogether too much happening and not enough back ground explanation. Did I miss the reason why the children had been adopted and why the mother was so cruel to them all ?

And yes, would also welcome knowing who the killer was in the original ...

Caught up with the original Ordeal by Innocence last night I enjoyed this much better that the more recent production and soon after it started I realised that I had in fact seen it before, but had completely forgotten this (therefore also forgotten the original murderer) Last night's version also starred Geralding McEwan, my favourite Miss Marple ...